Re: Cameras.

2006-04-15 Thread Bruno Buys
Katipo wrote: steef wrote: On Saturday 15 April 2006 07:20, Larry Garfield wrote: On Friday 14 April 2006 06:12, Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-15 Thread Katipo
steef wrote: On Saturday 15 April 2006 07:20, Larry Garfield wrote: On Friday 14 April 2006 06:12, Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared t

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-15 Thread steef
On Saturday 15 April 2006 07:20, Larry Garfield wrote: > On Friday 14 April 2006 06:12, Katipo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > > models they'd be prepared to rec

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Larry Garfield
On Friday 14 April 2006 06:12, Katipo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > models they'd be prepared to recommend. > Thanks in advance. > Regards, I'm a fan of small cameras

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend. Thanks in advance. Regards, Canon A410 Worked out of the box with gphoto2 -P H -- To UN

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Katipo wrote: Hello, I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend. Thanks in advance. Regards, Canon A410 Worked out of the box with gphoto2 -P H -- To UN

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Stephen
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:54:12 +0100, Clive Menzies in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >On (14/04/06 19:12), Katipo wrote: >> I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for >> recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and >> models they'd be prepared to

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread chris roddy
Mitja Podreka wrote: > I have long and pleasing experience with Canon PowerShot A60/70/80 > series and all I can say that they are very good cameras, with lots of > functions and functionalities. The good point of Canon is that they > know how to make high-end professional cameras and they are usin

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Jesus Arocho
I purchased a Nikon D50 this past December. We have been very happy with the unit unit. The camera was recognized by kde and debian. I also modified some scripts available on the net for the D70 to automate some of the chores, such as downloads and conversion to jpg. On Friday 14 April 2006

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: sony p200 pros: * very large, bright, responsive lcd This is quoted as one of the cons for the A80, which has a small screen by current standards. If, like me, you started your photography along with Fox Talbot and will always use the viewfinder anyway, then you cou

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:47:08PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > 1. go for a camera that uses standard batteries. The A80 uses 4 AAA > > batteries. This is great because if you don't have a charger along or > > whatever, you can find them just about anywhere in a pinch. > > i disagree with

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
> 1. go for a camera that uses standard batteries. The A80 uses 4 AAA > batteries. This is great because if you don't have a charger along or > whatever, you can find them just about anywhere in a pinch. i disagree with andrew here. i suggest getting a camera with a lithium-ion or equivalent batt

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:18:28PM +0200, jmt wrote: > On Friday 14 April 2006 13:12, Katipo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > > models they'd be prepared to recom

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread jmt
On Friday 14 April 2006 13:12, Katipo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > models they'd be prepared to recommend. > Thanks in advance. > Regards, May I report a very positi

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 06:11:14PM +0100, Doofus wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:31:51PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: > > > > > >>Katipo wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > >>>recommendations,

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:12:19PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > models they'd be prepared to recommend. I don't know if it's still on the market, bu

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:31:51PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: Katipo wrote: I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend.

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:31:51PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: > Katipo wrote: > > >I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > >recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > >models they'd be prepared to recommend. > > I have long and pleasin

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread chouck
> I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > models they'd be prepared to recommend. I have used http://www.steves-digicams.com/ for two dig-cam buys and have recommented it to others many times. IM

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Mitja Podreka
Katipo wrote: I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend. I have long and pleasing experience with Canon PowerShot A60/70/80 series and all I can say that the

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/04/06 19:12), Katipo wrote: > I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > models they'd be prepared to recommend. > Thanks in advance. > Regards, We got dimage Z1 a while back which is OK but

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-08 Thread Rafael Sasaki
On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:47:56PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > > > High, > > > > > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > > > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > > > > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-08 Thread Dale Morris
On Wed, 08 Aug 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > High, > > > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? > > > I have heard that the Logitech (USB's?) are a bad choice

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-08 Thread petong
I use a Sony dsc-p1 and the usb-storage module. Works like a charm On Tuesday 07 August 2001 16:18, Victor wrote: > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? > > Vitto

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-08 Thread Sebastiaan
High, > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? > I have heard that the Logitech (USB's?) are a bad choice for Linux because they do not release any Linux drivers

RE: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Aug-2001 Victor wrote: > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? > Personally, I say forget OS support. Buy a pcmcia card that will support the removable m

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? Take a look at http://www.gphoto.org/ They have a pretty damn long list of supported